"Strength" is a word in ENGLISH
Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
To strengthen.
Intensity; -- said of light or color.
Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body,
as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the
enemy by land, or by sea?
The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to
bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical,
intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of
the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or
affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or
reliance is based; support; security.
A strong place; a stronghold.
That quality which tends to secure results; effective
power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or
moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or
legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion;
strength of evidence; strength of argument.
Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential
element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions,
etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality
of bodies by which they endure the application of force without
breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the
strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.
Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; --
said of literary work.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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Read the complete definitionStrength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- …
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Read the complete definitionTo compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
Read the complete definitionStrength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.
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